The manager of a Lagos branch of a bank just taken over by government, Mr. Emeka Ohazuruike, was stabbed to death yesterday at his Agboju, Lagos residence, by one Kenneth said to be an in-law to a debtor to the bank.

Member of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Technical Committee Christian Chukwu and ex-International Etim Esin have warned the Super Eagles against complacency ahead of the 2014 World Cup grouping which has Nigeria nestled in a seeming easy group.

Nigeria’s external reserve was not threatened by the liquidity crisis facing the United States (US) where the Congress reached a last-minute deal to raise America’s debt ceiling last week and saved America’s credit rating.

Ex-junior International, Nduka Ugbade has expressed fears on the qualification of the Super Eagles from the preliminary group stage for the 2014 World Cup billed for Brazil.

SINCE last month, fierce-looking soldiers, with armored personnel carriers, APCs, stationed at strategic locations, have been on the alert at the oil –rich Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, following a dusk to dawn curfew slammed on the community by the state government as a result of the uprising and butchery by rival youth groups, which has claimed at least 16 lives.

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, according to an Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, offered money to the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) leaders who visited him just immediately after the demise of General Sani Abacha, the maximum dictator, to whom Major al-Mustapha was the chief security officer, CSO.

Warri Wolves Football Director, Edema Fuludu has revealed that he is being owed N4.6m by the management of Bendel Insurance of Benin which he handled for a season.

A paediatrician Ayodele Ojuawo has called on the Federal Government to check the growing rate of malnutrition among children to reduce infant mortality in the country.

Lagos State Indigene Political Emancipation Forum, an umbrella body for indigenes of Lagos, has called on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to correct what it termed as the political intimidation, oppression and suppression of Lagos indigenes.

Ex- Super Eagles and Ajax winger, Tijani Babangida has said that coach Samson Siasia should use the Ghana match to prepare for the Antananarivo Nations Cup showdown next month.

Nigeria’s second Nations Cup conquest in Tunisia ‘94 had a few home based players who were at their prime but never kicked the ball during the competition. Amongst them is Edema Fuludu who at that time was with Gboko giant, BCC Lions. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard Sports, he recalls his mixed feelings at the tournament, exclusion from Nigeria’s first World Cup in USA ‘94 and emergence into football.

The president of the South-east, South-south Professional Association, Mr. Emeka Ugwu-Oju, says the current move to amend some parts of the country’s constitution by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration would not take the country far, pointing out that what is needed is a complete overhauling of the 1999 constitution. Ugwu-Oju however called on the president to propose a constitutional conference that would find support from the generality of Nigerians as a credible alternative for the re-engineering of a malfunctioning nation.

By Emma Amaize  &  Bulou Kosin  Delta State  Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, weekend, dismissed two separate applications by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which sought to nullify the pre-hearing session notices issued by it on the grounds that the petitioners, Chief Great Ogboru and Democratic […]

THE early Benin art was referred to as “Court Art” hence ”Court Art of Benin” This is because the Oba or King of Benin had a monopoly of the art works, though technically speaking, they are all brass.

The demand for African foodstuff in Europe and America is rising due to the increasing number of Africans, particularly Nigerians who sojourn in these countries.